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Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire , it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness .
Barrow's main war memorial is a cenotaph located in Barrow Park. It bears the names of hundreds of Barrovians who died in combat during various wars, including 616 in the First World War, 268 in the Second World War, and 6 in the Korean War. [12] The Dock Museum in Hindpool contains an exhibit about the Barrow Blitz.
Westmorland and Furness is a unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast , shipbuilding and the port in Barrow-in-Furness , and agriculture in the rural parts of the area.
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It later became Roose Hospital but was closed in the 1980s with the opening of Furness General Hospital, and later demolished. The site is now mostly a housing development. A multiple sports venue called Little Park existed from the 1880s until the late 1930s and hosted Barrow Raiders, Barrow Bombers and Barrow A.F.C. at various times. [4] [5] [6]
The Dock Museum is situated in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Most of its exhibits concern the history of the town, focusing on the shipbuilding industry at VSEL (now BAE Systems), the steelworks industry — of which Barrow once had the world's largest, the Furness Railway and the World War II bombings of the town. There has been a ...
Central Barrow refers both to the town centre of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England and to the former electoral ward that roughly covers the eastern part of that town centre. In 2001 5,584 ( ranking 5th out of 13 ) lived in the Central ward . [ 1 ]
The iconic 50 metres (160 ft) yellow hammerhead crane at Buccleuch Dock was a Barrow landmark for over 60-years up until its demolition in 2011. Assembled in 1942, it replaced a similar crane that was destroyed the year previous during the Barrow Blitz, killing two watchmen in the process. [2]